2) Jordvnian cl.-ct with Terror cr--.nizations: (n Nov'ember 16, 1968, the
government of Jordan concluded a pact with the terrorist organizati( is
operating against Israel from Jordan. This pact defines the spheres in
which the terrorist organizations are free to.operate, and the character
and means of support extended to them by the Jordanian authorities.

2) By granting official sponsorship and protection to these organizations,
the Jordan Government has assumed direct responsibility for acts of terror
directed and carried out from bases in its territory. This responsibility
extends to all terror actions irrespective of their nature: attacks from
across the cease-fire line, by opening fire on Israeli forces or on Israeli
civilians residing in the vicinity of the line or working along it; and
indiscriminate terror acts against civilians inside Israel.

3) The pact illustrates the degree of credence that can be attributed to
official Jordanian pronouncements denying responsibility for, or knowledge
of the terror operations. (Ct the Security Council on .-ugust 12, 1968,
the Cordanian representative had denied the existence in Jordan of train-
ing camps and recruitment centers for the terrorist organizations, or
knowledge of any coordination between their organizations and the Gov rn-
ment of Jordan and other Irab Governments.)

4) raids Intensified Since 1act's Conclusion: Since the conclusion of the
agreement with the terror organizations, 50 Jordanian attacks have occurred,
including the shelling of Israeli villages and towns from across the cease-
fire line, sabotage raids, and acts of violence against the civilian popu-
lation.

5) In 1l.of these attacks, Katyusha rocket launchers were used. The intro-
duction of the .Katyusha, a heavy weapon of Soviet manufacture, represents
: further escalation of the border warfare. The employment of such a
heavy piece could not be possible without-the cooperation of the Jordanian
authorities. (See attached list of Jordanian violations of the cease-fire
since the November 16, 1968 pact.)

6) Cne suc. act of outright wanton murder was the particularly grave inci-
dent that took place in Jerusalem on November 22nd. On that day, a vehicle
containing a large quantity of explosives was brought to the Lahane Yehuda
Liarket and detonated at 9:30 a.m. It was a Friday, and the market was
crowded, mainly with women engaged:in their Sabbath shopping. The hour
was close to the morning class intermission in a nearby school. The ex-
plosion killed d twelve, among them two .-rab shoppers. Fifty-three men,
women and children were wounded, seven of them seriously, including two ;rabs.,

On the same day, two terror organizations announced their responsibility
for the attack -- ;l-;ssifa, the military arm of El-Fat'ah, and a group which
calls itself "The Lopular Front for the Lierlation of Palestine." Both
these organizations operate out of bases in Jordan and are among the groups
..:it; .:. h the Jorc~:n:-n Government signn_ t.;e :act.

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7) Terror attacks from Jordan continued after the Jerusalem outrage. On
the night of November 29-30, the Dead Sea potash Lorks at Sodom were
shelled from Jordanian territory by 130 mm. rockets. ,t least fifteen of
them fell on the site. On the night of December 1-2, a concerted attack
was carried out from Jordanian territory against the Israeli farming
villages of Yardena and Degania l.lef in the Jordan Valley. On the night
of December 2-3, an attack on an even broader and more intensive scale was
launched from Jordan against Israeli farming villages in the Jordan and
Beisan Valley areas. The targets were Kfar iRupin, Ilaoz Haim, Nevei Eitan,
Hamadiya, Beit Yosef, Yardina, ishdot Yaakov, Tel Katzir, and Kvutzat
Kinneret. Iraqi units stationed in Jordan took part in the shelling
against these civilian centers using 122 mm. guns.

C) Israeli Commando Response: Jordanian aggression having reached a new
.oint of escalEt'ion, an Israeli commando unit on the night of December 1-2
blew up two Jordanian bridges approximately 40 miles east of the Sodom
Stash Uorks shelled on the previous night. The action was taken in pur-
suance of Israel's right of self-defense, in an attempt to ward off the
persistent acts of aggression and to impress upon the Jordanian authorities
the dangers inherent in violations of the cease-fire by regular or irreg-
ular forces.

9) Jordan L akes Lockery of Cease-Fire: The continuous warlike acts against
Israel from Jordan, carried out with Jordanian governmental support, makes
a mockery of Jordan's acceptance of the cease-fire. By the pact with the
terror organizations, the Government of Jordan has publicly assumed full
responsibility, practical, moral and juridical, for acts of terrorism-
directed and perpetrated from bases situated in Jordanian territory.

- Several bursts southeast of Gesher.
- Three improvised shells at Ein Yahav; three mines found during
search.
- Light arms fire and several mortar shells at area east of
LKaoz Hayim.
- Several mortar shells south of l;amat Hagolan.

- Two bazooka shells north of Um Sus.
- Several bursts south of Ihfar :'uppin.
- Several bazooka shells south of Tirat Zvi.
- -ortars fire towards south of Drmya Bridge; fire lasting about
half an hour.
- Fire directed east of Beit Yosef.
- Several bursts south of Damy'a. Bridge.
- Light arms fire and bazooka shells at patrol northeast of
Tirat Zvi.